Private investigator licensing in Gibraltar
No. Gibraltar has no specific private investigator licence.
Gibraltar has no law that licenses private investigators or investigation agencies specifically. Searches of gibraltarlaws.gov.gi for 'private investigator', 'private detective', 'detective' and 'security' find no such law. Like any business carried on for profit in or from Gibraltar, an investigation business needs a general business licence from the Office of Fair Trading under the Fair Trading Act 2023 (s.24); working without one is an offence. Employees of a licensed business do not need their own licence (s.25(1)(a)).3
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Sources
- 1 gibraltarlaws.gov.gi
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- 5 gibraltarlaws.gov.gi
- 6 gibraltarlaws.gov.gi
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Questions about PI licensing in Gibraltar
Do you need a licence to be a private investigator in Gibraltar?+
No. Gibraltar has no specific private investigator licence. Gibraltar has no law that licenses private investigators or investigation agencies specifically. Searches of gibraltarlaws.gov.gi for 'private investigator', 'private detective', 'detective' and 'security' find no such law. Like any business carried on for profit in or from Gibraltar, an investigation business needs a general business licence from the Office of Fair Trading under the Fair Trading Act 2023 (s.24); working without one is an offence. Employees of a licensed business do not need their own licence (s.25(1)(a)).
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